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Borrmann H, Ulkar G, Kliszczak AE, Ismed D, Schilling M, Magri A, Harris JM, Balfe P, Vasudevan S, Borrow P, Zhuang X, McKeating JA. Molecular components of the circadian clock regulate HIV-1 replication. iScience 2023; 26:107007. [PMID: 37534138 PMCID: PMC10391662 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) causes major health burdens worldwide and still lacks curative therapies and vaccines. Circadian rhythms are endogenous daily oscillations that coordinate an organism's response to its environment and invading pathogens. Peripheral viral loads of HIV-1 infected patients show diurnal variation; however, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. Here, we demonstrate a role for the cell-intrinsic clock to regulate rhythmic HIV-1 replication in circadian-synchronized systems. Silencing the circadian activator Bmal1 abolishes this phenotype, and we observe BMAL1 binding to the HIV-1 promoter. Importantly, we show differential binding of the nuclear receptors REV-ERB and ROR to the HIV-long terminal repeat at different circadian times, demonstrating a dynamic interplay in time-of-day regulation of HIV-1 transcription. Bioinformatic analysis shows circadian regulation of host factors that control HIV-1 replication, providing an additional mechanism for rhythmic viral replication. This study increases our understanding of the circadian regulation of HIV-1, which can ultimately inform new therapies.
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- Helene Borrmann
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Oxford Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Audia S, Brescia C, Dattilo V, D’Antona L, Calvano P, Iuliano R, Trapasso F, Perrotti N, Amato R. RANBP1 (RAN Binding Protein 1): The Missing Genetic Piece in Cancer Pathophysiology and Other Complex Diseases. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15020486. [PMID: 36672435 PMCID: PMC9857238 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15020486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 12/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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RANBP1 encoded by RANBP1 or HTF9A (Hpall Tiny Fragments Locus 9A), plays regulatory functions of the RAN-network, belonging to the RAS superfamily of small GTPases. Through this function, RANBP1 regulates the RANGAP1 activity and, thus, the fluctuations between GTP-RAN and GDP-RAN. In the light of this, RANBP1 take actions in maintaining the nucleus-cytoplasmic gradient, thus making nuclear import-export functional. RANBP1 has been implicated in the inter-nuclear transport of proteins, nucleic acids and microRNAs, fully contributing to cellular epigenomic signature. Recently, a RANBP1 diriment role in spindle checkpoint formation and nucleation has emerged, thus constituting an essential element in the control of mitotic stability. Over time, RANBP1 has been demonstrated to be variously involved in human cancers both for the role in controlling nuclear transport and RAN activity and for its ability to determine the efficiency of the mitotic process. RANBP1 also appears to be implicated in chemo-hormone and radio-resistance. A key role of this small-GTPases related protein has also been demonstrated in alterations of axonal flow and neuronal plasticity, as well as in viral and bacterial metabolism and in embryological maturation. In conclusion, RANBP1 appears not only to be an interesting factor in several pathological conditions but also a putative target of clinical interest.
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- Salvatore Audia
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Campus Salvatore Venuta, Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Campus Salvatore Venuta, Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Campus Salvatore Venuta, Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Campus Salvatore Venuta, Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Campus Salvatore Venuta, Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Campus Salvatore Venuta, Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Campus Salvatore Venuta, Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Campus Salvatore Venuta, Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Campus Salvatore Venuta, Università degli Studi “Magna Graecia” di Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0961-3694084
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Toro-Ascuy D, Rojas-Araya B, García-de-Gracia F, Rojas-Fuentes C, Pereira-Montecinos C, Gaete-Argel A, Valiente-Echeverría F, Ohlmann T, Soto-Rifo R. A Rev-CBP80-eIF4AI complex drives Gag synthesis from the HIV-1 unspliced mRNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:11539-11552. [PMID: 30239828 PMCID: PMC6265489 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Gag synthesis from the full-length unspliced mRNA is critical for the production of the viral progeny during human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) replication. While most spliced mRNAs follow the canonical gene expression pathway in which the recruitment of the nuclear cap-binding complex (CBC) and the exon junction complex (EJC) largely stimulates the rates of nuclear export and translation, the unspliced mRNA relies on the viral protein Rev to reach the cytoplasm and recruit the host translational machinery. Here, we confirm that Rev ensures high levels of Gag synthesis by driving nuclear export and translation of the unspliced mRNA. These functions of Rev are supported by the CBC subunit CBP80, which binds Rev and the unspliced mRNA in the nucleus and the cytoplasm. We also demonstrate that Rev interacts with the DEAD-box RNA helicase eIF4AI, which translocates to the nucleus and cooperates with the viral protein to promote Gag synthesis. Finally, we show that the Rev/RRE axis is important for the assembly of a CBP80-eIF4AI complex onto the unspliced mRNA. Together, our results provide further evidence towards the understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which Rev drives Gag synthesis from the unspliced mRNA during HIV-1 replication.
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- Daniela Toro-Ascuy
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Virology, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Virology, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Virology, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Virology, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Virology, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Virology, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Virology, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- INSERM U1111, CIRI, Lyon F-69364, France.,Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon F-69364, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Virology, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Li Y, Zhou J, Min S, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhou Q, Shen X, Jia D, Han J, Sun Q. Distinct RanBP1 nuclear export and cargo dissociation mechanisms between fungi and animals. eLife 2019; 8:e41331. [PMID: 31021318 PMCID: PMC6524963 DOI: 10.7554/elife.41331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Ran binding protein 1 (RanBP1) is a cytoplasmic-enriched and nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling protein, playing important roles in nuclear transport. Much of what we know about RanBP1 is learned from fungi. Intrigued by the long-standing paradox of harboring an extra NES in animal RanBP1, we discovered utterly unexpected cargo dissociation and nuclear export mechanisms for animal RanBP1. In contrast to CRM1-RanGTP sequestration mechanism of cargo dissociation in fungi, animal RanBP1 solely sequestered RanGTP from nuclear export complexes. In fungi, RanBP1, CRM1 and RanGTP formed a 1:1:1 nuclear export complex; in contrast, animal RanBP1, CRM1 and RanGTP formed a 1:1:2 nuclear export complex. The key feature for the two mechanistic changes from fungi to animals was the loss of affinity between RanBP1-RanGTP and CRM1, since residues mediating their interaction in fungi were not conserved in animals. The biological significances of these different mechanisms in fungi and animals were also studied.
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- Yuling Li
- Department of Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer CenterWest China Hospital, Sichuan University, Collaborative Innovation Centre of BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Department of Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer CenterWest China Hospital, Sichuan University, Collaborative Innovation Centre of BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Department of Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer CenterWest China Hospital, Sichuan University, Collaborative Innovation Centre of BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Division of Abdominal Cancer, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer CenterWest China Hospital, Sichuan University, Collaborative Innovation Centre for BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Department of Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer CenterWest China Hospital, Sichuan University, Collaborative Innovation Centre of BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Department of Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer CenterWest China Hospital, Sichuan University, Collaborative Innovation Centre of BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Department of Paediatrics, Division of NeurologyWest China Second University Hospital, Sichuan UniversityChengduChina
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- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Department of Paediatrics, Division of NeurologyWest China Second University Hospital, Sichuan UniversityChengduChina
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- Division of Abdominal Cancer, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer CenterWest China Hospital, Sichuan University, Collaborative Innovation Centre for BiotherapyChengduChina
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- Department of Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer CenterWest China Hospital, Sichuan University, Collaborative Innovation Centre of BiotherapyChengduChina
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A purine-rich element in foamy virus pol regulates env splicing and gag/pol expression. Retrovirology 2017; 14:10. [PMID: 28166800 PMCID: PMC5294762 DOI: 10.1186/s12977-017-0337-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background The foamy viral genome encodes four central purine-rich elements localized in the integrase-coding region of pol. Previously, we have shown that the first two of these RNA elements (A and B) are required for protease dimerization and activation. The D element functions as internal polypurine tract during reverse transcription. Peters et al., described the third element (C) as essential for gag expression suggesting that it might serve as an RNA export element for the unspliced genomic transcript. Results Here, we analysed env splicing and demonstrate that the described C element composed of three GAA repeats known to bind SR proteins regulates env splicing, thus balancing the amount of gag/pol mRNAs. Deletion of the C element effectively promotes a splice site switch from a newly identified env splice acceptor to the intrinsically strong downstream localised env 3′ splice acceptor permitting complete splicing of almost all LTR derived transcripts. We provide evidence that repression of this env splice acceptor is a prerequisite for gag expression. This repression is achieved by the C element, resulting in impaired branch point recognition and SF1/mBBP binding. Separating the branch point from the overlapping purine-rich C element, by insertion of only 20 nucleotides, liberated repression and fully restored splicing to the intrinsically strong env 3′ splice site. This indicated that the cis-acting element might repress splicing by blocking the recognition of essential splice site signals. Conclusions The foamy viral purine-rich C element regulates splicing by suppressing the branch point recognition of the strongest env splice acceptor. It is essential for the formation of unspliced gag and singly spliced pol transcripts. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12977-017-0337-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Chi B, Wang K, Du Y, Gui B, Chang X, Wang L, Fan J, Chen S, Wu X, Li G, Cheng H. A Sub-Element in PRE enhances nuclear export of intronless mRNAs by recruiting the TREX complex via ZC3H18. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:7305-18. [PMID: 24782531 PMCID: PMC4066777 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Viral RNA elements that facilitate mRNA export are useful tools for identifying cellular RNA export factors. Here we show that hepatitis B virus post-transcriptional element (PRE) is one such element, and using PRE several new cellular mRNA export factors were identified. We found that PRE drastically enhances the cytoplasmic accumulation of cDNA transcripts independent of any viral protein. Systematic deletion analysis revealed the existence of a 116 nt functional Sub-Element of PRE (SEP1). The RNP that forms on the SEP1 RNA was affinity purified, in which TREX components as well as several other proteins were identified. TREX components and the SEP1-associating protein ZC3H18 are required for SEP1-mediated mRNA export. Significantly, ZC3H18 directly binds to the SEP1 RNA, interacts with TREX and is required for stable association of TREX with the SEP1-containing mRNA. Requirements for SEP1-mediated mRNA export are similar to those for splicing-dependent mRNA export. Consistent with these similarities, several SEP1-interacting proteins, including ZC3H18, ARS2, Acinus and Brr2, are required for efficient nuclear export of polyA RNAs. Together, our data indicate that SEP1 enhances mRNA export by recruiting TREX via ZC3H18. The new mRNA export factors that we identified might be involved in cap- and splicing-dependent TREX recruitment to cellular mRNAs.
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- Binkai Chi
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, 7 Science Park Road, Zhong Guan Cun Life Science Park, Beijing 102206, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Modeling and Design, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Modeling and Design, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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Friedrich BM, Dziuba N, Li G, Endsley MA, Murray JL, Ferguson MR. Host factors mediating HIV-1 replication. Virus Res 2011; 161:101-14. [PMID: 21871504 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2011.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2011] [Revised: 08/05/2011] [Accepted: 08/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1(HIV-1) infection is the leading cause of death worldwide in adults attributable to infectious diseases. Although the majority of infections are in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, HIV-1 is also a major health concern in most countries throughout the globe. While current antiretroviral treatments are generally effective, particularly in combination therapy, limitations exist due to drug resistance occurring among the drug classes. Traditionally, HIV-1 drugs have targeted viral proteins, which are mutable targets. As cellular genes mutate relatively infrequently, host proteins may prove to be more durable targets than viral proteins. HIV-1 replication is dependent upon cellular proteins that perform essential roles during the viral life cycle. Maraviroc is the first FDA-approved antiretroviral drug to target a cellular factor, HIV-1 coreceptor CCR5, and serves to intercept viral-host protein-protein interactions mediating entry. Recent large-scale siRNA and shRNA screens have revealed over 1000 candidate host factors that potentially support HIV-1 replication, and have implicated new pathways in the viral life cycle. These host proteins and cellular pathways may represent important targets for future therapeutic discoveries. This review discusses critical cellular factors that facilitate the successive steps in HIV-1 replication.
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- Brian M Friedrich
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0435, United States.
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Merkle T. Nucleo-cytoplasmic transport of proteins and RNA in plants. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2011; 30:153-76. [PMID: 20960203 PMCID: PMC3020307 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-010-0928-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2010] [Accepted: 09/30/2010] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Transport of macromolecules between the nucleus and the cytoplasm is an essential necessity in eukaryotic cells, since the nuclear envelope separates transcription from translation. In the past few years, an increasing number of components of the plant nuclear transport machinery have been characterised. This progress, although far from being completed, confirmed that the general characteristics of nuclear transport are conserved between plants and other organisms. However, plant-specific components were also identified. Interestingly, several mutants in genes encoding components of the plant nuclear transport machinery were investigated, revealing differential sensitivity of plant-specific pathways to impaired nuclear transport. These findings attracted attention towards plant-specific cargoes that are transported over the nuclear envelope, unravelling connections between nuclear transport and components of signalling and developmental pathways. The current state of research in plants is summarised in comparison to yeast and vertebrate systems, and special emphasis is given to plant nuclear transport mutants.
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- Thomas Merkle
- Faculty of Biology, Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology, University of Bielefeld, 33594 Bielefeld, Germany.
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Oka M, Asally M, Yasuda Y, Ogawa Y, Tachibana T, Yoneda Y. The mobile FG nucleoporin Nup98 is a cofactor for Crm1-dependent protein export. Mol Biol Cell 2010; 21:1885-96. [PMID: 20375145 PMCID: PMC2877646 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e09-12-1041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2009] [Revised: 03/26/2010] [Accepted: 03/29/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Nup98 is a mobile nucleoporin that forms distinct dots in the nucleus, and, although a role for Nup98 in nuclear transport has been suggested, its precise function remains unclear. Here, we show that Nup98 plays an important role in Crm1-mediated nuclear protein export. Nuclear, but not cytoplasmic, dots of EGFP-tagged Nup98 disappeared rapidly after cell treatment with leptomycin B, a specific inhibitor of the nuclear export receptor, Crm1. Mutational analysis demonstrated that Nup98 physically and functionally interacts with Crm1 in a RanGTP-dependent manner through its N-terminal phenylalanine-glycine (FG) repeat region. Moreover, the activity of the Nup98-Crm1 complex was modulated by RanBP3, a known cofactor for Crm1-mediated nuclear export. Finally, cytoplasmic microinjection of anti-Nup98 inhibited the Crm1-dependent nuclear export of proteins, concomitant with the accumulation of anti-Nup98 in the nucleus. These results clearly demonstrate that Nup98 functions as a novel shuttling cofactor for Crm1-mediated nuclear export in conjunction with RanBP3.
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- Masahiro Oka
- *Biomolecular Dynamics Group, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
- Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, and
- Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Core Research for Evolution Science and Technology (CREST), Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; and
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- *Biomolecular Dynamics Group, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
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- *Biomolecular Dynamics Group, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
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- *Biomolecular Dynamics Group, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
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- Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- *Biomolecular Dynamics Group, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
- Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, and
- Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Core Research for Evolution Science and Technology (CREST), Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; and
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Inhibition of hepatitis B virus replication by MyD88 involves accelerated degradation of pregenomic RNA and nuclear retention of pre-S/S RNAs. J Virol 2010; 84:6387-99. [PMID: 20410269 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00236-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Myeloid differentiation primary response protein 88 (MyD88), which can be induced by alpha interferon (IFN-alpha), has an antiviral activity against the hepatitis B virus (HBV). The mechanism of this antiviral activity remains poorly understood. Here, we report that MyD88 inhibited HBV replication in HepG2.2.15 cells and in a mouse model. The knockdown of MyD88 expression weakened the IFN-alpha-induced inhibition of HBV replication. Furthermore, MyD88 posttranscriptionally reduced the levels of viral RNA. Remarkably, MyD88 accelerated the decay of viral pregenomic RNA in the cytoplasm. Mapping analysis showed that the RNA sequence located in the 5'-proximal region of the pregenomic RNA was critical for the decay. In addition, MyD88 inhibited the nuclear export of pre-S/S RNAs via the posttranscriptional regulatory element (PRE). The retained pre-S/S RNAs were shown to degrade in the nucleus. Finally, we found that MyD88 inhibited the expression of polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB), a key nuclear export factor for PRE-containing RNA. Taken together, our results define a novel antiviral mechanism against HBV mediated by MyD88.
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Rotger M, Dang KK, Fellay J, Heinzen EL, Feng S, Descombes P, Shianna KV, Ge D, Günthard HF, Goldstein DB, Telenti A. Genome-wide mRNA expression correlates of viral control in CD4+ T-cells from HIV-1-infected individuals. PLoS Pathog 2010; 6:e1000781. [PMID: 20195503 PMCID: PMC2829051 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2009] [Accepted: 01/20/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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There is great interindividual variability in HIV-1 viral setpoint after seroconversion, some of which is known to be due to genetic differences among infected individuals. Here, our focus is on determining, genome-wide, the contribution of variable gene expression to viral control, and to relate it to genomic DNA polymorphism. RNA was extracted from purified CD4+ T-cells from 137 HIV-1 seroconverters, 16 elite controllers, and 3 healthy blood donors. Expression levels of more than 48,000 mRNA transcripts were assessed by the Human-6 v3 Expression BeadChips (Illumina). Genome-wide SNP data was generated from genomic DNA using the HumanHap550 Genotyping BeadChip (Illumina). We observed two distinct profiles with 260 genes differentially expressed depending on HIV-1 viral load. There was significant upregulation of expression of interferon stimulated genes with increasing viral load, including genes of the intrinsic antiretroviral defense. Upon successful antiretroviral treatment, the transcriptome profile of previously viremic individuals reverted to a pattern comparable to that of elite controllers and of uninfected individuals. Genome-wide evaluation of cis-acting SNPs identified genetic variants modulating expression of 190 genes. Those were compared to the genes whose expression was found associated with viral load: expression of one interferon stimulated gene, OAS1, was found to be regulated by a SNP (rs3177979, p = 4.9E-12); however, we could not detect an independent association of the SNP with viral setpoint. Thus, this study represents an attempt to integrate genome-wide SNP signals with genome-wide expression profiles in the search for biological correlates of HIV-1 control. It underscores the paradox of the association between increasing levels of viral load and greater expression of antiviral defense pathways. It also shows that elite controllers do not have a fully distinctive mRNA expression pattern in CD4+ T cells. Overall, changes in global RNA expression reflect responses to viral replication rather than a mechanism that might explain viral control.
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- Margalida Rotger
- Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Retroviruses make a long and complex journey from outside the cell to the nucleus in the early stages of infection, and then an equally long journey back out again in the late stages of infection. Ongoing efforts are identifying an enormous array of cellular proteins that are used by the viruses in the course of their travels. These host factors are potential new targets for therapeutic intervention.
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- Stephen P Goff
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute HHSC 1310c, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 701 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, USA.
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Lindtner S, Zolotukhin AS, Uranishi H, Bear J, Kulkarni V, Smulevitch S, Samiotaki M, Panayotou G, Felber BK, Pavlakis GN. RNA-binding Motif Protein 15 Binds to the RNA Transport Element RTE and Provides a Direct Link to the NXF1 Export Pathway. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:36915-28. [PMID: 17001072 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m608745200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Retroviruses/retroelements provide tools enabling the identification and dissection of basic steps for post-transcriptional regulation of cellular mRNAs. The RNA transport element (RTE) identified in mouse retrotransposons is functionally equivalent to constitutive transport element of Type D retroviruses, yet does not bind directly to the mRNA export receptor NXF1. Here, we report that the RNA-binding motif protein 15 (RBM15) recognizes RTE directly and specifically in vitro and stimulates export and expression of RTE-containing reporter mRNAs in vivo. Tethering of RBM15 to a reporter mRNA showed that RBM15 acts by promoting mRNA export from the nucleus. We also found that RBM15 binds to NXF1 and the two proteins cooperate in stimulating RTE-mediated mRNA export and expression. Thus, RBM15 is a novel mRNA export factor and is part of the NXF1 pathway. We propose that RTE evolved as a high affinity RBM15 ligand to provide a splicing-independent link to NXF1, thereby ensuring efficient nuclear export and expression of retrotransposon transcripts.
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Engelsma D, Bernad R, Calafat J, Fornerod M. Supraphysiological nuclear export signals bind CRM1 independently of RanGTP and arrest at Nup358. EMBO J 2004; 23:3643-52. [PMID: 15329671 PMCID: PMC517610 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2004] [Accepted: 07/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Leucine-rich nuclear export signals (NESs) mediate rapid nuclear export of proteins via interaction with CRM1. This interaction is stimulated by RanGTP but remains of a relatively low affinity. In order to identify strong signals, we screened a 15-mer random peptide library for CRM1 binding, both in the presence and absence of RanGTP. Under each condition, strikingly similar signals were enriched, conforming to the NES consensus sequence. A derivative of an NES selected in the absence of RanGTP exhibits very high affinity for CRM1 in vitro and stably binds without the requirement of RanGTP. Localisation studies and RNA interference demonstrate inefficient CRM1-mediated export and accumulation of CRM1 complexed with the high-affinity NES at nucleoporin Nup358. These results provide in vivo evidence for a nuclear export reaction intermediate. They suggest that NESs have evolved to maintain low affinity for CRM1 to allow efficient export complex disassembly and release from Nup358.
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- Dieuwke Engelsma
- Department of Tumor Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Tumor Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Tumor Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Turner JG, Engel R, Derderian JA, Jove R, Sullivan DM. Human topoisomerase IIalpha nuclear export is mediated by two CRM-1-dependent nuclear export signals. J Cell Sci 2004; 117:3061-71. [PMID: 15173319 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs is a major obstacle in the treatment of leukemia and multiple myeloma. We have previously found that myeloma and leukemic cells in transition from low-density log phase conditions to high-density plateau phase conditions export substantial amounts of endogenous topoisomerase II alpha from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. In order for topoisomerase-targeted chemotherapy to function, the topoisomerase target must have access to the nuclear DNA. Therefore, the nuclear export of topoisomerase II alpha may contribute to drug resistance, and defining this mechanism may lead to methods to preclude this avenue of resistance. We have identified nuclear export signals for topoisomerase II alpha at amino acids 1017-1028 and 1054-1066, using FITC-labeled BSA-export signal peptide conjugates microinjected into the nuclei of HeLa cells. Functional confirmation of both signals (1017-1028 and 1054-1066) was provided by transfection of human myeloma cells with plasmids containing the gene for a full-length human FLAG-topoisomerase fusion protein, mutated at hydrophobic amino acid residues in the export signals. Of the six putative export signals tested, the two sites above were found to induce export into the cytoplasm. Export by both signals was blocked by treatment of the cells with leptomycin B, indicating that a CRM-1-dependent pathway mediates export. Site-directed mutagenesis of two central hydrophobic residues in either export signal in full-length human topoisomerase blocked export of recombinant FLAG-topoisomerase II alpha, indicating that both signals may be required for export. Interestingly, this pair of nuclear export signals (1017-1028 and 1054-1066) also defines a dimerization domain of the topoisomerase II alpha molecule.
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- Joel G Turner
- Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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Kim SH, Roux SJ. An Arabidopsis Ran-binding protein, AtRanBP1c, is a co-activator of Ran GTPase-activating protein and requires the C-terminus for its cytoplasmic localization. PLANTA 2003; 216:1047-1052. [PMID: 12687374 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-002-0959-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2002] [Accepted: 11/16/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Ran-binding proteins (RanBPs) are a group of proteins that bind to Ran (Ras-related nuclear small GTP-binding protein), and thus either control the GTP/GDP-bound states of Ran or help couple the Ran GTPase cycle to a cellular process. AtRanBP1c is a Ran-binding protein from Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. that was recently shown to be critically involved in the regulation of auxin-induced mitotic progression [S.-H. Kim et al. (2001) Plant Cell 13:2619-2630]. Here we report that AtRanBP1c inhibits the EDTA-induced release of GTP from Ran and serves as a co-activator of Ran-GTPase-activating protein (RanGAP) in vitro. Transient expression of AtRanBP1c fused to a beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter reveals that the protein localizes primarily to the cytosol. Neither the N- nor C-terminus of AtRanBP1c, which flank the Ran-binding domain (RanBD), is necessary for the binding of PsRan1-GTP to the protein, but both are needed for the cytosolic localization of GUS-fused AtRanBP1c. These findings, together with a previous report that AtRanBP1c is critically involved in root growth and development, imply that the promotion of GTP hydrolysis by the Ran/RanGAP/AtRanBP1c complex in the cytoplasm, and the resulting concentration gradient of Ran-GDP to Ran-GTP across the nuclear membrane could be important in the regulation of auxin-induced mitotic progression in root tips of A. thaliana.
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- Soo-Hwan Kim
- Section of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Fornerod M, Ohno M. Exportin-mediated nuclear export of proteins and ribonucleoproteins. Results Probl Cell Differ 2002; 35:67-91. [PMID: 11791409 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-44603-3_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Maarten Fornerod
- EMBL, Gene Expression Programme, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Li B, Yen TSB. Characterization of the nuclear export signal of polypyrimidine tract-binding protein. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:10306-14. [PMID: 11781313 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109686200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB) is a nuclear protein that regulates alternative splicing. In addition, it plays a role in the cytoplasm during infection by some viruses and functions as a positive effector of hepatitis B virus RNA export. Thus, it presumably contains a nuclear export signal (NES). Using a heterokaryon export assay in transfected cultured cells, we have shown that the N-terminal 25 amino acid residues of PTB function as an autonomous NES, with residues 11-16 being important for its activity. Unlike the heteronuclear ribonucleoprotein A1 NES, this NES is separable from the nuclear localization signal, which spans the entire N-terminal 60 residues of PTB. The PTB NES cannot be shown to bind to CAS or Crm1, cellular receptors known to export proteins from the nucleus, and it functions in the presence of leptomycin B, a specific inhibitor of Crm1-dependent export. PTB deleted of its NES, unlike wild type PTB, does not stimulate the export of hepatitis B virus RNA. Therefore, the PTB NES is a functionally important domain of this multifunctional protein that utilizes an unknown export receptor.
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MESH Headings
- 3T3 Cells
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibiotics, Antineoplastic/pharmacology
- Cell Line
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Cellular Apoptosis Susceptibility Protein/metabolism
- Cytoplasm/metabolism
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Fatty Acids, Unsaturated/pharmacology
- Gene Products, rev/metabolism
- Hepatitis B virus/metabolism
- Humans
- Karyopherins/metabolism
- Mice
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Mutation
- Plasmids/metabolism
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein
- Protein Binding
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- RNA/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
- Ribonucleoproteins/metabolism
- Transfection
- Two-Hybrid System Techniques
- Exportin 1 Protein
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- Bin Li
- Pathology Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121, USA
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A defining characteristic of eukaryotic cells is the possession of a nuclear envelope. Transport of macromolecules between the nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments occurs through nuclear pore complexes that span the double membrane of this envelope. The molecular basis for transport has been revealed only within the last few years. The transport mechanism lacks motors and pumps and instead operates by a process of facilitated diffusion of soluble carrier proteins, in which vectoriality is provided by compartment-specific assembly and disassembly of cargo-carrier complexes. The carriers recognize localization signals on the cargo and can bind to pore proteins. They also bind a small GTPase, Ran, whose GTP-bound form is predominantly nuclear. Ran-GTP dissociates import carriers from their cargo and promotes the assembly of export carriers with cargo. The ongoing discovery of numerous carriers, Ran-independent transport mechanisms, and cofactors highlights the complexity of the nuclear transport process. Multiple regulatory mechanisms are also being identified that control cargo-carrier interactions. Circadian rhythms, cell cycle, transcription, RNA processing, and signal transduction are all regulated at the level of nucleocytoplasmic transport. This review focuses on recent discoveries in the field, with an emphasis on the carriers and cofactors involved in transport and on possible mechanisms for movement through the nuclear pores.
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- I G Macara
- Center for Cell Signaling, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0577, USA.
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Zang WQ, Li B, Huang PY, Lai MM, Yen TS. Role of polypyrimidine tract binding protein in the function of the hepatitis B virus posttranscriptional regulatory element. J Virol 2001; 75:10779-86. [PMID: 11602719 PMCID: PMC114659 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.22.10779-10786.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The hepatitis B virus posttranscriptional regulatory element (PRE) is an RNA element that increases the expression of unspliced mRNAs, apparently by facilitating their export from the nucleus. We have identified a cellular protein that binds to the PRE as the polypyrimidine tract binding protein (PTB), which shuttles rapidly between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Mutants of the PRE with mutations in PTB binding sites show markedly decreased activity, while cells that stably overexpress PTB show increased PRE-dependent gene expression. Export of PTB from the nucleus, like PRE function, is blocked by a mutant form of Ran binding protein 1 but not by leptomycin B. Therefore, PTB is important for PRE activity and appears to function as an export factor for PRE-containing mRNAs.
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- W Q Zang
- Department of Pathology, VA Medical Center 113B, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, 94121, USA
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Eberhard DA, Karns LR, VandenBerg SR, Creutz CE. Control of the nuclear-cytoplasmic partitioning of annexin II by a nuclear export signal and by p11 binding. J Cell Sci 2001; 114:3155-66. [PMID: 11590242 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.114.17.3155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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This study investigated mechanisms controlling the nuclear-cytoplasmic partitioning of annexin II (AnxII). AnxII and its ligand, p11, were localized by immunofluorescence to the cytoplasmic compartment of U1242MG cells, with minimal AnxII or p11 detected within nuclei. Similarly, GFP-AnxII and GFP-p11 chimeras localized to the endogenous proteins. Likewise, GFP-AnxII(1-22) was excluded from nuclei, whereas GFP-AnxII(23-338) and GFP alone were distributed throughout the cells. Immunoprecipitation and biochemical studies showed that GFP-AnxII did not form heteromeric complexes with endogenous p11 and AnxII. Thus, the AnxII N-tail is necessary and sufficient to cause nuclear exclusion of the GFP fusion protein but this does not involve p11 binding. A nuclear export signal consensus sequence was found in the AnxII 3-12 region. The consensus mutant GFP-AnxII(L10A/L12A) confirmed that these residues are necessary for nuclear exclusion. The nuclear exclusion of GFP-AnxII(1-22) was temperature-dependent and reversible, and the nuclear export inhibitor leptomycin B (LmB) caused GFP-AnxII or overexpressed AnxII monomer to accumulate in nuclei. Therefore, AnxII monomer can enter the nucleus and is actively exported. However, LmB had little effect on the localization of AnxII/p11 complex in U1242MG cells, indicating that the complex is sequestered in the cytoplasm. By contrast, LmB treatment of v-src-transformed fibroblasts caused endogenous AnxII to accumulate in nuclei. The LmB-induced nuclear accumulation of AnxII was accelerated by pervanadate and inhibited by genistein, suggesting that phosphorylation promotes nuclear entry of AnxII. Thus, nuclear exclusion of AnxII results from nuclear export of the monomer and sequestration of AnxII/p11 complex, and may be modulated by phosphorylation.
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- D A Eberhard
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Y Huang
- Department of Microbiology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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Mangos S, Vanderbeld B, Krawetz R, Sudol K, Kelly GM. Ran binding protein RanBP1 in zebrafish embryonic development. Mol Reprod Dev 2001; 59:235-48. [PMID: 11424209 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ran, which functions in nucleocytoplasmic transport and mitosis, binds to and is regulated in part by RanBP1. We have identified a zebrafish RanBP1 cDNA and report that it encodes for a polypeptide of 233 amino acids with considerable similarity to human and Xenopus RanBP1, despite the fact that it is 10% longer due to an extension at its carboxy terminus. RanBP1 mRNA is present as a maternal transcript and is expressed ubiquitously throughout the developing embryo. At the protein level, RanBP1 is present at all embryonic stages. Surprisingly, the ectopic overexpression of the protein had no obvious effect on embryogenesis. Attempts were also made to down-regulate RanBP1 activity by RNA interference. Injecting double-stranded RNA augmented both the mortality rate and the frequency of induced defects. Specific defects accompanied by changes in RanBP1 expression were not seen, leading us to propose that RNAi is not a reliable method for deregulating the activity of constitutively expressed genes, like RanBP1, in zebrafish. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 59:235-248, 2001.
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- S Mangos
- Department of Zoology, Molecular Genetics Unit, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Nappi F, Schneider R, Zolotukhin A, Smulevitch S, Michalowski D, Bear J, Felber BK, Pavlakis GN. Identification of a novel posttranscriptional regulatory element by using a rev- and RRE-mutated human immunodeficiency virus type 1 DNA proviral clone as a molecular trap. J Virol 2001; 75:4558-69. [PMID: 11312326 PMCID: PMC114209 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.10.4558-4569.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2000] [Accepted: 02/20/2001] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and all other lentiviruses utilize the essential viral protein Rev, which binds to RRE RNA, to export their unspliced and partially spliced mRNAs from the nucleus. We used a rev- and RRE-defective HIV type 1 (HIV-1) molecular clone in complementation experiments to establish a method for the rapid isolation of posttranscriptional regulatory elements from the mammalian genome by selecting for rescue of virus replication. Viruses rescued by this method contained a novel element with homology to rodent intracisternal A-particle (IAP) retroelements. A functional element was contained within a 247-nucleotide fragment named RNA transport element (RTE), which was able to promote replication of the Rev- and RRE-defective HIV-1 in both human lymphoid cell lines and primary lymphocytes, demonstrating its potent posttranscriptional function. RTE was functional in many cell types, indicating that the cellular factors that recognize RTE are widely expressed and evolutionarily conserved. RTE also promoted RNA export from Xenopus oocyte nuclei. RTE-mediated RNA transport was CRM1 independent, and RTE did not show high affinity for binding to mRNA export factor TAP/NXF1. Since CRM1 and TAP/NXF1 are critical export receptors associated with the two recognized mRNA export pathways, these results suggest that RTE functions via a distinct export mechanism. Taken together, our results identify a novel posttranscriptional control element that uses a conserved cellular export mechanism.
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MESH Headings
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Viral
- Gene Products, rev/genetics
- Genes, Intracisternal A-Particle
- Genes, Regulator
- Genes, env/genetics
- HIV-1/genetics
- Humans
- Jurkat Cells
- Karyopherins
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis
- Nuclear Proteins/metabolism
- Nucleocytoplasmic Transport Proteins
- Proviruses/genetics
- RNA/metabolism
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Xenopus laevis
- rev Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Exportin 1 Protein
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- F Nappi
- Human Retrovirus Section, Basic Research Laboratory, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201, USA
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Renault L, Kuhlmann J, Henkel A, Wittinghofer A. Structural basis for guanine nucleotide exchange on Ran by the regulator of chromosome condensation (RCC1). Cell 2001; 105:245-55. [PMID: 11336674 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(01)00315-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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RCC1 (regulator of chromosome condensation), a beta propeller chromatin-bound protein, is the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for the nuclear GTP binding protein Ran. We report here the 1.8 A crystal structure of a Ran*RCC1 complex in the absence of nucleotide, an intermediate in the multistep GEF reaction. In contrast to previous structures, the phosphate binding region of the nucleotide binding site is perturbed only marginally, possibly due to the presence of a polyvalent anion in the P loop. Biochemical experiments show that a sulfate ion stabilizes the Ran*RCC1 complex and inhibits dissociation by guanine nucleotides. Based on the available structural and biochemical evidence, we present a unified scenario for the GEF mechanism where interaction of the P loop lysine with an acidic residue is a crucial element for the overall reaction.
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- L Renault
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Postfach 50 02 47, 44202, Dortmund, Germany
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Künzler M, Gerstberger T, Stutz F, Bischoff FR, Hurt E. Yeast Ran-binding protein 1 (Yrb1) shuttles between the nucleus and cytoplasm and is exported from the nucleus via a CRM1 (XPO1)-dependent pathway. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:4295-308. [PMID: 10825193 PMCID: PMC85797 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.12.4295-4308.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/1999] [Accepted: 03/29/2000] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The RanGTP-binding protein RanBP1, which is located in the cytoplasm, has been implicated in release of nuclear export complexes from the cytoplasmic side of the nuclear pore complex. Here we show that Yrb1 (the yeast homolog of RanBP1) shuttles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Nuclear import of Yrb1 is a facilitated process that requires a short basic sequence within the Ran-binding domain (RBD). By contrast, nuclear export of Yrb1 requires an intact RBD, which forms a ternary complex with the Xpo1 (Crm1) NES receptor in the presence of RanGTP. Nuclear export of Yrb1, however, is insensitive towards leptomycin B, suggesting a novel type of substrate recognition between Yrb1 and Xpo1. Taken together, these data suggest that ongoing nuclear import and export is an important feature of Yrb1 function in vivo.
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- M Künzler
- Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg (BZH), Germany
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Plafker K, Macara IG. Facilitated nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of the Ran binding protein RanBP1. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:3510-21. [PMID: 10779340 PMCID: PMC85643 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.10.3510-3521.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/1999] [Accepted: 02/21/2000] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The Ran binding protein RanBP1 is localized to the cytosol of interphase cells. A leucine-rich nuclear export signal (NES) near the C terminus of RanBP1 is essential to maintain this distribution. We now show that RanBP1 accumulates in nuclei of cells treated with the export inhibitor, leptomycin B, and collapse of the nucleocytoplasmic Ran:GTP gradient leads to equilibration of RanBP1 across the nuclear envelope. Low temperature prevents nuclear accumulation of RanBP1, suggesting that import does not occur via simple diffusion. Glutathione S-transferase (GST)-RanBP1(1-161), which lacks the NES, accumulates in the nucleus after cytoplasmic microinjection. In permeabilized cells, nuclear accumulation of GST-RanBP1(1-161) requires nuclear Ran:GTP but is not inhibited by a dominant interfering G19V mutant of Ran. Nuclear accumulation is enhanced by addition of exogenous karyopherins/importins or RCC1, both of which also enhance nuclear Ran accumulation. Import correlates with Ran concentration. Remarkably, an E37K mutant of RanBP1 does not import into the nuclei under any conditions tested despite the fact that it can form a ternary complex with Ran and importin beta. These data indicate that RanBP1 translocates through the pores by an active, nonclassical mechanism and requires Ran:GTP for nuclear accumulation. Shuttling of RanBP1 may function to clear nuclear pores of Ran:GTP, to prevent premature release of import cargo from transport receptors.
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- K Plafker
- Markey Center for Cell Signaling and Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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Kjems J, Askjaer P. Rev protein and its cellular partners. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 2000; 48:251-98. [PMID: 10987094 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(00)48009-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- J Kjems
- Department of Molecular and Structural Biology, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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The compartmentation of eukaryotic cells requires all nuclear proteins to be imported from the cytoplasm, whereas, for example, transfer RNAs, messenger RNAs, and ribosomes are made in the nucleus and need to be exported to the cytoplasm. Nuclear import and export proceed through nuclear pore complexes and can occur along a great number of distinct pathways, many of which are mediated by importin beta-related nuclear transport receptors. These receptors shuttle between nucleus and cytoplasm, and they bind transport substrates either directly or via adapter molecules. They all cooperate with the RanGTPase system to regulate the interactions with their cargoes. Another focus of our review is nuclear export of messenger RNA, which apparently largely relies on export mediators distinct from importin beta-related factors. We discuss mechanistic aspects and the energetics of transport receptor function and describe a number of pathways in detail.
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- D Görlich
- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie, Universität Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany.
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Haasen D, Köhler C, Neuhaus G, Merkle T. Nuclear export of proteins in plants: AtXPO1 is the export receptor for leucine-rich nuclear export signals in Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1999; 20:695-705. [PMID: 10652141 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1999.00644.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Transport across the nuclear envelope is mediated by transport receptors from the Importin beta family. We identified Exportin 1 from Arabidopsis (AtXPO1/AtCRM1) as the nuclear export receptor for proteins carrying leucine-rich nuclear export signals (NESs). AtXPO1 shares 42-50% identity with its functional homologues from humans and yeasts. We functionally characterised AtXPO1 by its interaction with NESs of animal and plant proteins, which is inhibited by the cytotoxin leptomycin B (LMB), and also by its interaction with the small GTPase Ran1 in the yeast two-hybrid system. Furthermore, we demonstrated the existence of a nuclear export pathway for proteins in plants. For the characterisation of nuclear export activities, we established an in vivo assay based on the localisation equilibrium of a GFP reporter protein fused to both a nuclear localisation signal (NLS) and an NES motif. Using this in vivo assay we demonstrated that the NES of the heterologous protein Rev is also functional in plants and that its export is inhibited by LMB. In addition, we identified a leucine-rich NES in the Arabidopsis protein AtRanBP1a. The NES, which is located at the carboxy terminus of the protein, is disrupted by mutating three long chain hydrophobic amino acid residues to alanine (L176A, L179A, V181A). In BY-2 protoplasts the NES of AtRanBP1a is functionally indistinguishable from the Rev NES. Our results demonstrate that the machinery for the nuclear export of proteins is functionally conserved in plants.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Arabidopsis/genetics
- Arabidopsis/metabolism
- Biological Transport, Active
- Carrier Proteins/genetics
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Primers/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/isolation & purification
- DNA, Plant/genetics
- DNA, Plant/isolation & purification
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Plant
- Humans
- Karyopherins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nuclear Proteins/genetics
- Nuclear Proteins/metabolism
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- Plant Proteins/metabolism
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- Plants, Toxic
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Plant/genetics
- RNA, Plant/metabolism
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Tissue Distribution
- Nicotiana/genetics
- Nicotiana/metabolism
- Two-Hybrid System Techniques
- Exportin 1 Protein
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- D Haasen
- University of Freiburg, Institute for Biology II, Cell Biology, Schänzlestr. 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Bear J, Tan W, Zolotukhin AS, Tabernero C, Hudson EA, Felber BK. Identification of novel import and export signals of human TAP, the protein that binds to the constitutive transport element of the type D retrovirus mRNAs. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:6306-17. [PMID: 10454577 PMCID: PMC84601 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.9.6306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The nuclear export of the unspliced type D retrovirus mRNA depends on the cis-acting constitutive transport RNA element (CTE) that has been shown to interact with the human TAP (hTAP) protein promoting the export of the CTE-containing mRNAs. We report here that hTAP is a 619-amino-acid protein extending the previously identified protein by another 60 residues at the N terminus and that hTAP shares high homology with the predicted rat and mouse TAP proteins. We found that hTAP is a nuclear protein that accumulates in the nuclear rim and the nucleoplasm. We further demonstrated that hTAP is able to shuttle between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Identification of the signals responsible for nuclear import (NLS) and export (NES) revealed that they are distinct but partially overlapping. NLS and NES of hTAP are active transferable signals that do not share similarities with known elements. The C-terminal portion contributes further to hTAP's nuclear retention and contains a signal(s) for nuclear rim association. Taken together, our data show that hTAP is a dynamic protein capable of bidirectional trafficking across the nuclear envelope. These data further support hTAP's role as an export factor of the CTE-containing mRNAs.
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- J Bear
- Human Retrovirus Pathogenesis Section, ABL-Basic Research Program, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201, USA
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Zang WQ, Yen TS. Distinct export pathway utilized by the hepatitis B virus posttranscriptional regulatory element. Virology 1999; 259:299-304. [PMID: 10388654 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The posttranscriptional regulatory element (PRE) of hepatitis B virus is an RNA element important for the export of viral mRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. The cellular export pathway utilized by the PRE is controversial. We present data showing that PRE-dependent export is blocked by vesicular stomatitis virus matrix protein, an inhibitor of all cellular RNA export other than tRNA export. It is also blocked by a mutated form of Ran-binding protein 1, which blocks export mediated by the human immunodeficiency virus Rev and Rev-response element (RRE) but not export mediated by the simian retrovirus constitutive transport element (CTE). On the other hand, PRE-dependent export is not blocked by either TAgRex or leptomycin B, two agents that prevent Rev/RRE-mediated export. Therefore, PRE appears to utilize an export pathway different from that of Rev/RRE or CTE.
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MESH Headings
- Biological Transport
- Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase/metabolism
- GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Gene Products, rev/metabolism
- Hepatitis B virus/genetics
- Hepatitis B virus/metabolism
- Humans
- Nuclear Proteins/metabolism
- Plasmids/genetics
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Viral/genetics
- RNA, Viral/metabolism
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Transcription, Genetic
- Transfection
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Viral Proteins/metabolism
- ran GTP-Binding Protein
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- W Q Zang
- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, California, 94121, USA.
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von Gegerfelt AS, Liska V, Ray NB, McClure HM, Ruprecht RM, Felber BK. Persistent infection of rhesus macaques by the rev-independent Nef(-) simian immunodeficiency virus SIVmac239: replication kinetics and genomic stability. J Virol 1999; 73:6159-65. [PMID: 10364376 PMCID: PMC112685 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.7.6159-6165.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We generated previously a Nef(-), replication-competent clone of SIVmac239 in which the Rev protein and the Rev-responsive element were replaced by the constitutive transport element (CTE) of simian retrovirus type 1 (A. S. von Gegerfelt and B. K. Felber, Virology 232:291-299, 1997). In the present report, we show that this virus was able to infect and replicate in rhesus macaques. The Rev-independent Nef(-) simian immunodeficiency virus induced a persistent humoral immune response in all monkeys, although viral loads were very low. Upon propagation in the monkeys, the genotype remained stable and the virus retained its in vitro growth characteristics. The infected monkeys showed normal hematological values and no signs of disease at more than 18 months post-virus exposure. Therefore, replacement of the essential Rev regulation by the CTE generated a virus variant that retained its replicative capacity both in vitro and in vivo, albeit at low levels.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral/blood
- Antibodies, Viral/immunology
- DNA, Viral/analysis
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Products, env/immunology
- Gene Products, gag/immunology
- Gene Products, nef/genetics
- Gene Products, rev/genetics
- Gene Products, rev/metabolism
- Genome, Viral
- Kinetics
- Macaca mulatta
- Mice
- Mice, SCID
- Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/immunology
- Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/virology
- Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/genetics
- Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/growth & development
- Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/immunology
- Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/physiology
- Virus Replication
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- A S von Gegerfelt
- Human Retrovirus Pathogenesis Group, ABL-Basic Research Program, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
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Novoa I, Rush MG, D'Eustachio P. Isolated mammalian and Schizosaccharomyces pombe ran-binding domains rescue S. pombe sbp1 (RanBP1) genomic mutants. Mol Biol Cell 1999; 10:2175-90. [PMID: 10397757 PMCID: PMC25432 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.7.2175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Mammalian Ran-binding protein-1 (RanBP1) and its fission yeast homologue, sbp1p, are cytosolic proteins that interact with the GTP-charged form of Ran GTPase through a conserved Ran-binding domain (RBD). In vitro, this interaction can accelerate the Ran GTPase-activating protein-mediated hydrolysis of GTP on Ran and the turnover of nuclear import and export complexes. To analyze RanBP1 function in vivo, we expressed exogenous RanBP1, sbp1p, and the RBD of each in mammalian cells, in wild-type fission yeast, and in yeast whose endogenous sbp1 gene was disrupted. Mammalian cells and wild-type yeast expressing moderate levels of each protein were viable and displayed normal nuclear protein import. sbp1(-) yeast were inviable but could be rescued by all four exogenous proteins. Two RBDs of the mammalian nucleoporin RanBP2 also rescued sbp1(-) yeast. In mammalian cells, wild-type yeast, and rescued mutant yeast, exogenous full-length RanBP1 and sbp1p localized predominantly to the cytosol, whereas exogenous RBDs localized predominantly to the cell nucleus. These results suggest that only the RBD of sbp1p is required for its function in fission yeast, and that this function may not require confinement of the RBD to the cytosol. The results also indicate that the polar amino-terminal portion of sbp1p mediates cytosolic localization of the protein in both yeast and mammalian cells.
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- I Novoa
- Department of Biochemistry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Braun IC, Rohrbach E, Schmitt C, Izaurralde E. TAP binds to the constitutive transport element (CTE) through a novel RNA-binding motif that is sufficient to promote CTE-dependent RNA export from the nucleus. EMBO J 1999; 18:1953-65. [PMID: 10202158 PMCID: PMC1171280 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.7.1953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The constitutive transport element (CTE) of the simian type D retroviruses overcomes nuclear retention and allows nuclear export of unspliced viral RNAs by recruiting TAP, a host factor which is thought to be required for export of cellular mRNAs. In this report, we show that the first 372 amino acid residues of TAP, comprising a stretch of leucine-rich repeats, are both necessary and sufficient for binding to the CTE RNA and promoting its export to the cytoplasm. Moreover, like the full-length protein, this domain migrates to the cytoplasm upon nuclear co-injection with the CTE RNA. Together, these results indicate that the CTE-binding domain includes the signals for nuclear export. We also describe a derivative of TAP that bears a triple amino acid substitution within the CTE-binding domain and substantially reduces the export of mRNAs from the nucleus. This provides further evidence for a role for TAP in this process. Thus, the CTE-binding domain of TAP defines a novel RNA-binding motif which has dual functions, both recognizing the CTE RNA and interacting with other components of the nuclear transport machinery.
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- I C Braun
- University of Geneva, Department of Molecular Biology, 30 quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Najera I, Krieg M, Karn J. Synergistic stimulation of HIV-1 rev-dependent export of unspliced mRNA to the cytoplasm by hnRNP A1. J Mol Biol 1999; 285:1951-64. [PMID: 9925777 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The structural and accessory proteins of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 are expressed by unspliced or partially spliced mRNAs. Efficient transport of these mRNAs from the nucleus requires the binding of the viral nuclear transport protein Rev to an RNA stem-loop structure called the RRE (Rev response element). However, the RRE does not permit Rev to stimulate the export of unspliced mRNAs from the efficiently spliced beta-globin gene in the absence of additional cis-acting RNA regulatory signals. The p17gag gene instability (INS) element contains RNA elements that can complement Rev activity. In the presence of the INS element and the RRE, Rev permits up to 30 % of the total beta-globin mRNA to be exported to the cytoplasm as unspliced mRNA. Here, we show that a minimal sequence of 30 nt derived from the 5' end of the p17 gag gene INS element (5' INS) is functional and permits the export to the cytoplasm of 14% of the total beta-globin mRNA as unspliced pre-mRNA. Gel mobility shift assays and UV cross-linking experiments have shown that heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) A1 and a cellular RNA-binding protein of 50 kDa form a complex on the 5' INS. Mutants in the 5' INS that prevent hnRNP A1 and 50 kDa protein binding are inactive in the transport assay. To confirm that the hnRNP A1 complex is responsible for INS activity, a synthetic high-affinity binding site for hnRNP A1 was also analysed. When the high affinity hnRNP A1 binding site was inserted into the beta-globin reporter, Rev was able to increase the cytoplasmic levels of unspliced mRNAs to 14%. In contrast, the mutant hnRNP A1 binding site, or binding sites for hnRNP C and L are unable to stimulate Rev-mediated RNA transport. We conclude that hnRNP A1 is able to direct unspliced globin pre-mRNA into a nuclear compartment where it is recognised by Rev and then transported to the cytoplasm.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- Cell Nucleus/genetics
- Cytoplasm/genetics
- Cytoplasm/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Gene Products, gag/genetics
- Gene Products, rev/genetics
- Gene Products, rev/metabolism
- Globins/genetics
- HIV Antigens/genetics
- HIV-1/genetics
- HIV-1/metabolism
- Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1
- Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group A-B
- Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group C
- Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Nuclear Proteins/genetics
- Nuclear Proteins/metabolism
- RNA Splicing
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Viral/genetics
- RNA, Viral/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Response Elements
- Ribonucleoproteins/genetics
- Ribonucleoproteins/metabolism
- Viral Proteins/genetics
- Viral Proteins/metabolism
- gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- rev Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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- I Najera
- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QH, UK
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Zolotukhin AS, Felber BK. Nucleoporins nup98 and nup214 participate in nuclear export of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Rev. J Virol 1999; 73:120-7. [PMID: 9847314 PMCID: PMC103815 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.1.120-127.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/1998] [Accepted: 10/09/1998] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Rev contains a leucine-rich nuclear export signal that is essential for its nucleocytoplasmic export mediated by hCRM1. We examined the role of selected nucleoporins, which are located in peripheral structures of the nuclear pore complex and are thought to be involved in export, in Rev function in human cells. First, we found that upon actinomycin D treatment, Nup98, but not Nup214 or Nup153, is able to translocate to the cytoplasm of HeLa cells, demonstrating that Nup98 may act as a soluble factor. We further showed that Rev can recruit Nup98 and Nup214, but not Nup153, to the nucleolus. We also found that the isolated FG-containing repeat domains of Nup98 and Nup214, but not those of Nup153, competitively inhibit the Rev/RRE-mediated expression of HIV. Taken together, the recruitment of Nup98 and Nup214 by Rev and the competitive inhibition exhibited by their NP domains demonstrate direct participation of Nup98 and Nup214 in the Rev-hCRM1-mediated export.
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- A S Zolotukhin
- Human Retrovirus Pathogenesis Group, ABL-Basic Research Program, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201, USA
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Yan C, Lee LH, Davis LI. Crm1p mediates regulated nuclear export of a yeast AP-1-like transcription factor. EMBO J 1998; 17:7416-29. [PMID: 9857197 PMCID: PMC1171086 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.24.7416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The yeast AP-1-like transcription factor, Yap1p, activates genes required for the response to oxidative stress. Yap1p is normally cytoplasmic and inactive, but will activate by nuclear translocation if cells are placed in an oxidative environment. Here we show that Yap1p is a target of the beta-karyopherin-like nuclear exporter, Crm1p. Yap1p is constitutively nuclear in a crm1 mutant, and Crm1p binds to a nuclear export sequence (NES)-like sequence in Yap1p in the presence of RanGTP. Recognition of Yap1p by Crm1p is inhibited by oxidation, and this inhibition requires at least one of the three cysteine residues flanking the NES. These results suggest that Yap1p localization is largely regulated at the level of nuclear export, and that the oxidation state affects the accessibility of the Yap1p NES to Crm1p directly. We also show that a mutation in RanGAP (rna1-1) is synthetically lethal with crm1 mutants. Yap1p export is inhibited in both rna1-1 and prp20 (RanGNRF) mutant strains, but Yap1p rapidly accumulates at the nuclear periphery after shifting rna1-1, but not other mutant cells to the non-permissive temperature. Thus, disassembly of export complexes in response to RanGTP hydrolysis may be required for release of substrate from a terminal binding site at the nuclear pore complex (NPC).
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- C Yan
- W.M.Keck Institute for Cellular Visualization, Rosenstiel Center and Department of Biology, MS 029, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453, USA
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Active transport between the nucleus and cytoplasm involves primarily three classes of macromolecules: substrates, adaptors, and receptors. Some transport substrates bind directly to an import or an export receptor while others require one or more adaptors to mediate formation of a receptor-substrate complex. Once assembled, these transport complexes are transferred in one direction across the nuclear envelope through aqueous channels that are part of the nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). Dissociation of the transport complex must then take place, and both adaptors and receptors must be recycled through the NPC to allow another round of transport to occur. Directionality of either import or export therefore depends on association between a substrate and its receptor on one side of the nuclear envelope and dissociation on the other. The Ran GTPase is critical in generating this asymmetry. Regulation of nucleocytoplasmic transport generally involves specific inhibition of the formation of a transport complex; however, more global forms of regulation also occur.
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- I W Mattaj
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Grüter P, Tabernero C, von Kobbe C, Schmitt C, Saavedra C, Bachi A, Wilm M, Felber BK, Izaurralde E. TAP, the human homolog of Mex67p, mediates CTE-dependent RNA export from the nucleus. Mol Cell 1998; 1:649-59. [PMID: 9660949 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(00)80065-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 437] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The constitutive transport element (CTE) of the type D retroviruses promotes nuclear export of unspliced viral RNAs apparently by recruiting host factor(s) required for export of cellular messenger RNAs. Here, we report the identification of TAP as the cellular factor that specifically binds to wild-type CTE but not to export-deficient CTE mutants. Microinjection experiments performed in Xenopus oocytes demonstrate that TAP directly stimulates CTE-dependent export. Furthermore, TAP overcomes the mRNA export block caused by the presence of saturating amounts of CTE RNA. Thus, TAP, like its yeast homolog Mex67p, is a bona fide mRNA nuclear export mediator. TAP is the second cellular RNA binding protein shown to be directly involved in the export of its target RNA.
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- P Grüter
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Pasquinelli AE, Powers MA, Lund E, Forbes D, Dahlberg JE. Inhibition of mRNA export in vertebrate cells by nuclear export signal conjugates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:14394-9. [PMID: 9405623 PMCID: PMC24994 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.26.14394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/20/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Leucine-rich nuclear export signals (NESs) are recognized by the NES receptor exportin 1 and are central to the export of multiple shuttling proteins and RNAs. The export of messenger RNA in vertebrates was, however, thought to occur by a different pathway, because inhibition by injection of a synthetic Rev NES conjugate could not be demonstrated. Here we find that peptide conjugates composed of the NES of either protein kinase A inhibitor protein (PKI) or the HIV-1 Rev protein, when coupled to human serum albumin, are potent inhibitors of mRNA and small nuclear RNA export. These results provide direct evidence that mRNA export in vertebrates depends on interactions between an NES and its cognate NES receptors. PKI NES conjugates are significantly more efficient at inhibiting RNA export than are REV NES conjugates, indicating that different NESs may have different abilities to promote protein and RNA export. Surprisingly, an expected control conjugate containing the mutant Rev NES sequence M10 strongly inhibited the export of intronless dihydrofolate reductase mRNA. Nuclear injection of NES peptide conjugates led to mislocalization to the nucleus of 10-20% of the cytoplasmic Ran GTPase-binding protein (RanBP1) indicating that RanBP1 shuttles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm via an NES pathway. These results demonstrate that in vertebrates the export of mRNA, like that of small nuclear RNA, 5S rRNA, and transport factors such as RanBP1, employs NES-mediated molecular machinery.
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- A E Pasquinelli
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, 1300 University Avenue, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Pasquinelli AE, Ernst RK, Lund E, Grimm C, Zapp ML, Rekosh D, Hammarskjöld ML, Dahlberg JE. The constitutive transport element (CTE) of Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (MPMV) accesses a cellular mRNA export pathway. EMBO J 1997; 16:7500-10. [PMID: 9405378 PMCID: PMC1170349 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.24.7500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The constitutive transport elements (CTEs) of type D retroviruses are cis-acting elements that promote nuclear export of incompletely spliced mRNAs. Unlike the Rev response element (RRE) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), CTEs depend entirely on factors encoded by the host cell genome. We show that an RNA comprised almost entirely of the CTE of Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (CTE RNA) is exported efficiently from Xenopus oocyte nuclei. The CTE RNA and an RNA containing the RRE of HIV-1 (plus Rev) have little effect on export of one another, demonstrating differences in host cell requirements of these two viral mRNA export pathways. Surprisingly, even very low amounts of CTE RNA block export of normal mRNAs, apparently through the sequestration of cellular mRNA export factors. Export of a CTE-containing lariat occurs when wild-type CTE, but not a mutant form, is inserted into the pre-mRNA. The CTE has two symmetric structures, either of which supports export and the titration of mRNA export factors, but both of which are required for maximal inhibition of mRNA export. Two host proteins bind specifically to the CTE but not to non-functional variants, making these proteins candidates for the sequestered mRNA export factors.
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- A E Pasquinelli
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, 1300 University Avenue, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Izaurralde E, Kutay U, von Kobbe C, Mattaj IW, Görlich D. The asymmetric distribution of the constituents of the Ran system is essential for transport into and out of the nucleus. EMBO J 1997; 16:6535-47. [PMID: 9351834 PMCID: PMC1170258 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.21.6535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 502] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The GTPase Ran is essential for nuclear import of proteins with a classical nuclear localization signal (NLS). Ran's nucleotide-bound state is determined by the chromatin-bound exchange factor RCC1 generating RanGTP in the nucleus and the cytoplasmic GTPase activating protein RanGAP1 depleting RanGTP from the cytoplasm. This predicts a steep RanGTP concentration gradient across the nuclear envelope. RanGTP binding to importin-beta has previously been shown to release importin-alpha from -beta during NLS import. We show that RanGTP also induces release of the M9 signal from the second identified import receptor, transportin. The role of RanGTP distribution is further studied using three methods to collapse the RanGTP gradient. Nuclear injection of either RanGAP1, the RanGTP binding protein RanBP1 or a Ran mutant that cannot stably bind GTP. These treatments block major export and import pathways across the nuclear envelope. Different export pathways exhibit distinct sensitivities to RanGTP depletion, but all are more readily inhibited than is import of either NLS or M9 proteins, indicating that the block of export is direct rather than a secondary consequence of import inhibition. Surprisingly, nuclear export of several substrates including importin-alpha and -beta, transportin, HIV Rev and tRNA appears to require nuclear RanGTP but may not require GTP hydrolysis by Ran, suggesting that the energy for their nuclear export is supplied by another source.
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- E Izaurralde
- University of Geneva, Department of Molecular Biology, Switzerland
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Schlenstedt G, Smirnova E, Deane R, Solsbacher J, Kutay U, Görlich D, Ponstingl H, Bischoff FR. Yrb4p, a yeast ran-GTP-binding protein involved in import of ribosomal protein L25 into the nucleus. EMBO J 1997; 16:6237-49. [PMID: 9321403 PMCID: PMC1326308 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.20.6237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Gsp1p, the essential yeast Ran homologue, is a key regulator of transport across the nuclear pore complex (NPC). We report the identification of Yrb4p, a novel Gsp1p binding protein. The 123 kDa protein was isolated from Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells and found to be related to importin-beta, the mediator of nuclear localization signal (NLS)-dependent import into the nucleus, and to Pse1p. Like importin-beta, Yrb4p and Pse1p specifically bind to Gsp1p-GTP, protecting it from GTP hydrolysis and nucleotide exchange. The GTPase block of Gsp1p complexed to Yrb4p or Pse1p is released by Yrb1p, which contains a Gsp1p binding domain distinct from that of Yrb4p. This might reflect an in vivo function for Yrb1p. Cells disrupted for YRB4 are defective in nuclear import of ribosomal protein L25, but show no defect in the import of proteins containing classical NLSs. Expression of a Yrb4p mutant deficient in Gsp1p-binding is dominant-lethal and blocks bidirectional traffic across the NPC in wild-type cells. L25 binds to Yrb4p and Pse1p and is released by Gsp1p-GTP. Consistent with its putative role as an import receptor for L25-like proteins, Yrb4p localizes to the cytoplasm, the nucleoplasm and the NPC.
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Affiliation(s)
- G Schlenstedt
- Medizinische Biochemie, Universit-at des Saarlandes, D-66421 Homburg, Germany
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Saavedra C, Felber B, Izaurralde E. The simian retrovirus-1 constitutive transport element, unlike the HIV-1 RRE, uses factors required for cellular mRNA export. Curr Biol 1997; 7:619-28. [PMID: 9285715 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00288-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND A hallmark of retroviral gene expression is that unspliced retroviral genomic RNA is exported to the cytoplasm, whereas endogenous intron-containing cellular RNAs are usually retained in the nucleus. In complex retroviruses, such as human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1), nuclear export is accomplished by the interaction of a virally encoded protein, Rev, with a cis-acting RNA element, the Rev-responsive element (RRE). In type D retroviruses, such as the simian retrovirus type 1 (SRV-1), however, genomic RNA is exported by cellular factor(s) that interact with a conserved cis-acting RNA element, the constitutive transport element (CTE). RESULTS We found that the CTE was exported in a specific and saturable fashion from Xenopus oocyte nuclei. When inserted into the intron of an adenovirus-derived pre-mRNA, the CTE did not affect splicing efficiency but promoted the nuclear export of the excised intron lariat that is normally retained within the nucleus. Export of CTE-containing RNAs to the cytoplasm was not affected by the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1 or an excess of peptides corresponding to the Rev nuclear export signal. Microinjection of saturating amounts of CTE RNA did not affect tRNA export or Rev-mediated export but did inhibit mRNA export. CTE-mediated export was found to be dependent on Ran-mediated GTP hydrolysis. CONCLUSION The Rev-RRE system and the CTE direct intron-containing RNAs to distinct export pathways. Although previous data have suggested that Rev uses the same export pathway as uracil-rich small nuclear RNAs and 5S ribosomal RNA, the CTE seems to interact with evolutionarily conserved factors that are essential for cellular mRNA export.
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- C Saavedra
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, 30 quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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